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Author: Daniel J. Summers

HCSB Verse of the Day utilizes the reference given by BibleGateway.com in their Verse of the Day RSS feed, and parses the content of their website to extract the text of the verse or passage in the Holman Christian Standard Bible version. Versions are provided for PHP version 4 and PHP version 5. (The PHP 5 version utilizes the enhanced OO capabilities in that version of the language.)

The plug-in provides several template tags, as well as the ability to utilize a custom set of template tags in a single tag. See the documentation at the top of the plug-in on how to create this.

As this plug-in parses a web page, please let me know if you find a reference that does not work. If BibleGateway changes their HTML, this plug-in will need to be (and will be) modified.

NOTE: BibleGateway.com does not provide its "Verse of the Day" service in the HCSB, citing copyright restrictions. However, the copyright does allow for this content to be used, provided it is not excessive and properly cited.

From the HCSB copyright page... "The text of the Holman Christian Standard Bible may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to an inclusive of two-hundred fifty (250) verses without the written permission of the publisher, provided that the verses quoted do not account for more than 20 percent of the work in which they are quoted, and provided that a complete book of the Bible is not quoted."

So, for BibleGateway, this would account for more than 20% of their Verse of the Day content; howaver, unless you have nothing else on your blog, it is doubtful that these verses will account for more than 20% of your content.